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Statement of the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in response to the letter from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine concerning possible grounds for terminating the activity of the religious organizations of the UGCC 14-01-15
Report: government threatens to revoke registration of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 14-01-14
Coptic leader urges Egypt's Christians to vote in constitutional referendum 14-01-14
Pope – Greeting to the Catholic Committee for cultural collaboration with Orthodox Churches and Eastern Orthodox Churches 14-01-11
Chaldean Synod of Bishops appoints bishops 14-01-11
Russian Orthodox patriarch laments secularization of Christmas, atheism of the elites 14-01-10
Archbishop warns: even ‘moderate’ rebels want to turn Syria into Islamist state 14-01-09
Patriarch of Constantinople calls prelates to prepare for Pan-Orthodox Synod 14-01-07
Egypt's president in rare visit to Coptic Orthodox leader 14-01-07
Chaldean Bishop urges international community: don’t destroy Syria 14-01-06
Russian Orthodox Church: repentance must precede baptism of babies born to surrogate mothers 14-01-03
Ecumenical Patriarch stresses importance of family 14-01-03
Chaldean Patriarch appeals for calm in Iraq 14-01-03
Moscow Patriarchate: Russia must do more to combat radical Islam 13-12-31
Syria’s Assad sends message to Pope Francis 13-12-30
Patriarch laments assassination of Lebanese political figure 13-12-30
Christmas bombings in Baghdad kill at least 37 13-12-26
Maronite patriarch denounces divorce attorneys 13-12-24
Patriarch Bartholomew's Proclamation of Christmas 2013 13-12-24
Iraq declares Christmas a holiday in bid to support Christian minority 13-12-23
Updated list of churches and monasteries and shrines damaged in the Syrian crisis (22 Dec 2013) 13-12-22
Patriarch Gregorios III’s Damascus Journal for 17-19 December 2013 13-12-21
Christmas revives hope of Iraqi people, Chaldean Patriarch says 13-12-20
Russian Orthodox patriarch optimistic about working with Pope Francis 13-12-20
Orthodox must acknowledge responsibility for ecumenical tensions in Ukraine, says Vatican official 13-12-20